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The Tenth Sunday After Trinity
Today’s Reading: Luke 19:41-48
Daily Lectionary: 1 Kings 7:51-8:21; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18
He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace!” (Luke 19:41-42)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. It’s all about Jesus, dying and rising for you. It’s all about hearing Jesus’ Word that delivers His death and resurrection over your forehead, into your ears, and into your mouth. These are all the things that make for our peace. These are all the signs and works that God does to show that He earnestly desires to save, not just you but the whole world. This isn’t just true now, but it was also how it was when Jesus walked, talked, and taught during His earthly life.
The religious leaders had rejected Him. They wanted to have earthly power and control. His people would be stirred up and would reject Him, having Him crucified by their Roman overlords. “He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him” (John 1:11). Because of this Jesus wept over Jerusalem and said, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace” (Luke 19:42). Swift judgment falls on those outside of Christ, who reject Him with their words and actions. Those who try and buy and sell their salvation and merit before God are cast out, those who try to bargain with God through their prayers and those who don’t always gladly hear Christ’s Word fall under judgment.
But we shouldn’t lose heart. Christ’s Word makes us glad: “the things that make for your peace.” He makes our peace. He bears our bargaining, our not holding His Word sacred, our not gladly hearing and learning it. It’s all about what He has done for you. He’s died and risen for all of that. The judgment doesn’t stand against you. You are surrounded not by judgment or enemies, but by Christ and His salvation. You are filled with the Spirit and reconciled to the Father. “You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11). In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
O God, as You declare Your almighty power above all in showing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of Your grace that we may obtain Your gracious promises and be made partakers of Your heavenly treasures; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for Trinity 10)
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: Luke 19:41-48
Daily Lectionary: 1 Kings 7:51-8:21; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18
He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace!” (Luke 19:41-42)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. It’s all about Jesus, dying and rising for you. It’s all about hearing Jesus’ Word that delivers His death and resurrection over your forehead, into your ears, and into your mouth. These are all the things that make for our peace. These are all the signs and works that God does to show that He earnestly desires to save, not just you but the whole world. This isn’t just true now, but it was also how it was when Jesus walked, talked, and taught during His earthly life.
The religious leaders had rejected Him. They wanted to have earthly power and control. His people would be stirred up and would reject Him, having Him crucified by their Roman overlords. “He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him” (John 1:11). Because of this Jesus wept over Jerusalem and said, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace” (Luke 19:42). Swift judgment falls on those outside of Christ, who reject Him with their words and actions. Those who try and buy and sell their salvation and merit before God are cast out, those who try to bargain with God through their prayers and those who don’t always gladly hear Christ’s Word fall under judgment.
But we shouldn’t lose heart. Christ’s Word makes us glad: “the things that make for your peace.” He makes our peace. He bears our bargaining, our not holding His Word sacred, our not gladly hearing and learning it. It’s all about what He has done for you. He’s died and risen for all of that. The judgment doesn’t stand against you. You are surrounded not by judgment or enemies, but by Christ and His salvation. You are filled with the Spirit and reconciled to the Father. “You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11). In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
O God, as You declare Your almighty power above all in showing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of Your grace that we may obtain Your gracious promises and be made partakers of Your heavenly treasures; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for Trinity 10)